Combined inkstand



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MICHAEL SIERSDORFER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED INKSTAND, PISTOL-CASE, AND BURGLAR-ALARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,347, da d Ap i 8,18 0- Applioation filed April 25, 1889. Renewed March 11, 1890. SerialNo. 3l3,549. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

3e it known that 1, MICHAEL SIERSDORFER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, county of J efferson, State of Kentucky, haveinvented a new and useful Oombined Inkstand, Pistol-Case, and Burglar-Alarm, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a case or holder by which a pistol is placedwithin convenient and instant reach of a cashier or other person incharge of money or other valuables,-

1 is a box or case, which may simply rest' on the counter or table ormay be screwed fast thereto. This box serves as the base of an inkstand,and this appears to a stranger to be its sole purpose. Secured to thetop of case 1 is a call-bell 2, having a spring-knob for ordinary handuse. This bell, however, is so arranged in connection with clock-work 4as to be rung automatically by the Wide opening of door 5, as shown inFig. 1. The said door 5 has a spring-hinge 6, which, on depression ofspring-catch 7, operates to swing the door wide open, as indicated insaid Fig. 1. On closure of the door it becomes automatically locked byaction of the cat-ch 7.

A shelf 8, that projoctsinteriorly from the door 5, supports a pistol 9,which is securely held in place by means of spring-clips 10.

The pivoted latch 7 is held by spring or gravity to the normal positionshown in Fig. 1, and a hook '7 with a sloping nose is so located on thedoor as on closure thereof to momentarily lift the inner part of thesaid latch, which then, by dropping behind the shoulder of the saidhook, automatically locks the said door by the mere act of closing thesame. It will thus be seen that the door automatically locks by thesimple operation of closing it, and is automatically and instantaneouslyswung wide open by the mere act of springing the latch.

Any suitable alarm clock-work may be employed to sound the bell 2. Forexample, 11 is a cog-wheel, which, when the attached mainspring 12 iswound up, has a tendency to rotate in the opposite direction and tooperate through a pallet 13 and a clapper 14 to strike the bell withrapidly-repeated blows. Such action, however, is rendered impossible inthe doors closed condition by the engagement of rod or detent 15, thatprojects from the door with lug or projection 16 of said cognotsuggestive of a bu rglar-alarm.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combined inkstand and pistol-case, substantially as set forththatis to say, said stand having a hollow or box-formed base 1, a door 5,having latch 7 and book '7, whereby said door is automatically locked bythe act of closing, and a spring 6, whereby said door is automaticallyswung wide open on release of said latch, said door having an internalshelf 8 and clips 10 to hold a pistol in convenient position forinst-ant use.

2. The combination of an inkstand having box-formed base, whose doorcarries a concealed pistol-rack and has a latch 7, whereby it isautomatically locked by the act of closing, and aspring (3, whereby itis automatically swung wide open on release of said latch, said door 14Lbeing in the described combination with cog-wheel 11, having lug 16,mainspring 12, pallet 13, and clapper 14;, the same being also combinedwith the springpiston 3", with knobs 3 3 of a combined call and alarmbell 2, as and forthe purposes set forth.

3. The combination of inkstand, the boxformed base, the self-openingdoor thereof, the pistol-rack projecting from the inner side of andconcealed by said door, and the alarm and call bell, substantially asset forth.

MICHAEL SIERSDORFER. ll itnesses:

Faun STUoKv, WILLIE A. REISERT.

